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#350080 12/25/13 02:17 AM
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Stumbled across this on a local posting. Not much info and was wondering if anyone could clue me in on the thing.
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Noble Manufacturing Co., located in Haydenville, MA, 1953 to 1971 manufactured a line of cheap pump shotguns, boltand pump .22s and also imported cheap Spanish doubles under their name.

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I have a 20 ga. Noble that belonged to my Dad's best friend who had a heart attack and passed away while I was hunting with him and my son. I now own that gun for sentimental reasons. It does shoot well and I use it as my bad weather gun. I have to admit it has the absolutely worst engraving I have ever seen!! Geauga

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I think it looks much like this J. Sarasqueta boxlock.

http://www.gunsinternational.com/J-Sarasqueta-12-ga-BLNE.cfm?gun_id=100339667

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From the original poster's link, I'd guess that's the higher grade Noble: 450E, with ejectors. Hard telling who made it. When Noble was importing Spanish guns, there were still a lot of small makers, most of whom have since gone out of business.

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Was the Eibar gun industry similar to the English in the way they sourced portions of guns?

For example, I've seen that same style of bar step shaping on a few other brands of Spanish boxlocks.

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Originally Posted By: Chuck H
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Was the Eibar gun industry similar to the English in the way they sourced portions of guns?

For example, I've seen that same style of bar step shaping on a few other brands of Spanish boxlocks.


Was, and mostly still is. Makers buy parts on the open market from the Mom & Pop shops that specialize in whatever the part is, and then assemble guns from the parts. I think, at this moment in time, there are only two barrel makers in all of Spain. That's with the possible exception of AyA, which is trying to source its own parts.

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In addition to what Kyrie said: The Spanish gun industry prior to the 1980's was quite a bit like the British (or Belgian) trade prior to WWI. Lots of small "makers" out there, with a lot of specialization among outworkers in the trade. But when it comes to putting one's name on the finished gun . . . same story in all those cases. We only see a few names on guns from each of those countries today. Sadly so.

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I have a Noble model 420, 16 gauge extractor gun, the maker was J.C.M. I bought it used about 20 years ago for under $150.- and have put over 5,000 shells through it. It is still tight and hits where I point it. The only things I've had done to it were to make the safety non-automatic and have the chokes opened. I think it is a good rainy day gun.

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